upstart crashed with SIGABRT in __libc_message()

[Cavsfan]

I booted with systemd and got a bunch of updates. Went to reboot to finalize the update as kernel 3.16.0-10-generic was added. The system would not compete the reboot and failed to shutdown. I had to press the reset button and booted back in with systemd. Not sure why upstart was involved as I used systemd.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: upstart-bin 1.13.1-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-10.15-generic 3.16.1
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.6-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 21 17:29:49 2014
ExecutablePath: /sbin/upstart
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-10 (165 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140310)
ProcCmdline: init --user --startup-event indicator-services-start
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/false
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: upstart
StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=1, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7f95091e8ba8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:175
 malloc_printerr (ptr=0x7f950b2e04f0, str=0x7f95091e4c66 "corrupted double-linked list", action=1) at malloc.c:4996
 malloc_consolidate (av=av@entry=0x7f9509425760 <main_arena>) at malloc.c:4157
 _int_malloc (av=0x7f9509425760 <main_arena>, bytes=8240) at malloc.c:3423
 __GI___libc_malloc (bytes=8240) at malloc.c:2891
Title: upstart crashed with SIGABRT in __libc_message()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UpstartBugCategory: Session
UpstartRunningSessionCount: 2
UpstartRunningSystemVersion: Error: command ['initctl', '--system', 'version'] failed with exit code 1: initctl: Name "com.ubuntu.Upstart" does not exist
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=1, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7f95091e8ba8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:175
 malloc_printerr (ptr=0x7f950b2e04f0, str=0x7f95091e4c66 "corrupted double-linked list", action=1) at malloc.c:4996
 malloc_consolidate (av=av@entry=0x7f9509425760 <main_arena>) at malloc.c:4157
 _int_malloc (av=0x7f9509425760 <main_arena>, bytes=8240) at malloc.c:3423
 __GI___libc_malloc (bytes=8240) at malloc.c:2891

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

That's the session upstart (that doesn't change when you boot the system with systemd). Untagging systemd-boot, as it's not specific to the system init.